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Star Crusader

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Star Crusader

By: Michael G. Thomas
Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
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It is a dark time for the Alliance, with their forces scattered before the advancing legions of the unstoppable Star Empire. Further disastrous news arrives that General Makos and his loyal Byotai warriors have been utterly routed in battle, leaving the Alliance no option but to fall back to Helios.

Nate returns home with Battlefleet Victorious, only to find the entire Alliance fleet gathered to give battle. Admiral Churchill has assembled many squadrons of cruisers, destroyers and battleships for the inevitable arrival of their undefeated foe. Princeps Tahkeome and his grand fleet is just days away, and soon he will arrive at Helios, the gateway to the Alliance and beyond.

There will be no rest for Nate and his friends, and they are hastily mobilized for battle. Heroes of the past and present reunite, bringing cadres of warriors and mercenaries from a dozen worlds to stand up to the invasion. Nate will face a battle unlike any he has seen before as the combined might of three great powers join battle in a fight that will change the galaxy forever.

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Would you consider the audio edition of Star Crusader to be better than the print version?

I have not read the print version.

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This is the seventh book in the Star Crusader series which follows the career of a young naval cadet, Nate, and a few friends who fi d themselves unexpectedly thrust into actual battle after only previously having had computer simulation fights. Nate had been an exceptional student, but the realities of war cannot be fabricated.
We rejoin the story in this book with the former enemies, the Byotai Empire, now siding with the Earth alliance against the Star Empire and being hopelessly outclassed despite their heroic stand. As the battle turns towards Helios,, the Alliance has to hold that system or everything will fall.
This book recounts the fight to hold back the Star Empire and is a non stop battle action, launching into it from the very beginning. The scene, and the characterisations, have been set already in past instalments and, with no explanation at the beginning, it could be somewhat confusing for anyone unaware of what has gone before. However even without that information, if pure action is what is desired, this book delivers fully.
Narrator Andrew Wehrlen is a master of voices. Every individual - and there are many - is distinctly individual. His between dialogue reading is brisk and rather clipped, very suited to recounting battle news. It is easy to become absorbed into a moving picture of the great battles taking place and the ships involved.

I was gifted my copy of Legends of Orion by the rights holder via Audiobook Boom. Thank you. I had read earlier stories in this series although not the one preceding this book, unfortunately. I will remedy that now. For anyone looking for a character led story, I recommend starting with book one, Star Crusader, Hero of the Alliance and working through the series with Nate. If simple non stop, exciting action is what is required, start here.

"...to observe that man in combat."

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This set of audio books is very good got to give it 5 out of 5

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Good story a little hextic and fast paced at the start but a also a little hard to keep pace for the first few chapters as there is so much going on.
Story has got potential for a series although not to sure where it will go from this.
Narrator is quite good and flows along nicely once you settle into the story.

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What made the experience of listening to Star Crusader the most enjoyable?

So what can i say except. great book!. None stop action, the action just keeps on and on on on on just as you think its over bang it starts all over again not only a great story but great action and great characters, Can't wait to see what happens next, this continues to be my goto author for a good militry sci fi listening, this audio book was given to me for free to give it an honesst review, which i have done it was not hard

Who was your favorite character and why?

nate was a brilliant charector

Which scene did you most enjoy?

the battle scene,s as well thought out and i got realy in too them

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no and no but i enjoy it

Any additional comments?

buy the book

action pact story

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If you are looking for a story full of fast paced fighter battles this might be the book for you. Michael G. Thomas has crafted a well written, well paced and interesting story. This book held my attention from start to finish though the fast paced action sections and the slower character interactions both.

This is the first book in this series I have listened to but it was clear enough what was going on but I feel you would get more from this book if you had listened to the previous books so I would recommend starting from the beginning. This setting clearly has a lot of work done on it, it has a history and many events in its history.

This is not the most realistic, grim, horrifying or dark war story out there, So if that is more your taste listen to the sample first but that does not bother me I am happy with it.

Andrew B. Wehrlen does a great job with both the character dialog giving each their own voice as well as conveying their emotions and getting the pacing right for the descriptions, this really helps make the combats feel tense and as if every second counts.

With the quality of this book both the narration and writing, I am going to pick up the rest of the books in this series to find out more about what happened in the history of this setting.

This book is well worth a listen and I am happy with the time I spent listening to it.




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A well written action packed space war story.

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I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This is full of action! When I mean full of action, I mean one after another. Some people might like this but it isn't for me. I like plots in my book with character development.
The narrator was OK.
would recommend to those who love a lot of action in there books.

This is not for me.

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